Gilbert White and his Contexts

Conference Programme

Outline Programme

Tuesday 3 June

9.30: Bus departs from Alton House Hotel
9.45: Bus departs from Alton Railway Station

10.30-11.00: Welcome from the Organisers
11.00-12.30: Panel 1: Panel 1: Gilbert White: Reception, Legacy, and Reinterpretation
12.30-1.15: Lunch
1.15-2.30: Keynote 1: Anne Secord, The 'man with the detective eye': Gilbert White and the art of observation
2.30-4.00: Panel 2: White's Networks and Friendships
4.00-4.30: Break
4.30-6.00: Panel 3: Gilbert White and his Clerical Contexts
6.00-7.30: Drinks Reception and Launch of Edwin Rose's Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History, 1760-1820

7.45: Bus departs Selborne, arrives Alton House Hotel approximately 8.15

Wednesday 4 June

8.15: Bus departs from Alton House Hotel

9.00-10.30: Panel 4: Thomas Pennant, Gilbert White, and the Tours of Natural History 1: The Tours
10.30-11.00: Break
11.00-12.30: Panel 5: Thomas Pennant, Gilbert White, and the Tours of Natural History 2: Natural Histories
12.30-1.15: Lunch
1.15-2.30: Keynote 2: Jenny Uglow, 'Watching Narrowly': Reading Gilbert White's Journals
2.30-2.45: Break
2.45-4.15: Panel 6: The Literary Gilbert White
4.15-6.30: Excursions
4.15-6.30: Private viewing of the Curious Travellers exhibition

6.45: Bus departs Selborne, arrives Alton House Hotel approximately 7.15

8.00: Conference Dinner at The Swan, High St, Alton, GU34 1AT

Thursday 5 June

8.15: Bus departs from Alton House Hotel

9.00-10.30: Panel 7: Walking in the Landscape: Gilbert White and his Impact
10.30-10.50: Break
10.50-12.35: Panel 8: White and Biodiversity
12.35-1.20: Lunch
1.20-2.50: Panel 9: Learning From White
2.50-3.00: Break
3.00-4.15: Keynote 3: Stephen Moss 'Gilbert White: the first Birdwatcher?'
4.15-4.30: Concluding Comments
4.30: Conference Ends

4.45: Bus departs Selborne, arrives Alton Railway Station approximately 5.15, Alton House Hotel approximately 5.25